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The Atlanta History Center is a history museum and research center located in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. The Museum was founded in 1926, and has a large campus featuring historic gardens and houses, including Swan House, Smith Farm, and Wood Family Cabin. Atlanta History Center's Midtown Campus includes the Margaret Mitchell ...
Atlanta History Center: Buckhead: History: History of Atlanta and Georgia; includes the Centennial Olympic Games Museum [1] and one of the nation's most complete Civil War exhibitions Atlanta Monetary Museum: Midtown Atlanta: Numismatic: History of money, banking in America, and the Federal Reserve, operated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
The 19th and 20th Century galleries narrate the story of Atlanta's and Georgia's early history. The exhibition features photographs and artifacts from twenty of Atlanta's pioneering families. In partnership with Georgia Tech 's Interactive Media Technology Center, the museum has created the 21st Century Interactive Gallery, allows visitors to ...
High Museum of Art in Atlanta. This list of museums in Georgia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
After Harris's death, businessman Andrew Carnegie donated $5,000 toward establishing the home as a museum. He had met Harris there in 1900 during a 20-minute visit. [6] From 1913 to 1953, the home was managed by the Uncle Remus Memorial Association, a group of volunteers who operated the house as a museum.
The Midtown Historic District in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. It is roughly contiguous with what the Midtown Alliance organization calls the "Midtown Neighborhood", which is only part of the much larger Midtown neighborhood. The Midtown Local Historic ...
The APEX Museum now an important part of the African-American historic and cultural center of Sweet Auburn. [6] [7] [8] It is located next to the Auburn Avenue Research Library and near a variety of African-American museums, businesses and historic sites. [9] [10] [11] The APEX Museum is listed as a site on the U. S. Civil Rights Trail. [12] [13]
The history of Westville is connected to Lt. Col. John Word West, a history professor at North Georgia College in Dahlonega.West was born in 1876 at a critical time of change in Georgia due to dramatic economic and social changes caused by the recent American Civil War (1861–65).